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Recently, some concerns have been raised about the health of the world's banana plants. Many media reports have said that bananas may completely disappear in the coming ten years.
Bananas are one of the world's most important food crops. They are also the fourth most valuable export. Bananas do not grow from seeds. Instead, they grow from existing plants. Bananas are threatened by disease because all the plants on a farm are copies of each other. They all share the same genetic weaknesses.
For example, the Cavendish banana is most popular in American markets. It is an important export crop. However, some kinds of fungus (真菌) organisms easily infect the Cavendish. Black Sigatoka disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants. The disease is controlled on large farms by putting chemicals on the plant's leaves. Farmers put anti-fungal chemicals on their crops up to once a week.
Another fungal disease is more serious. Panama disease attacks the roots of the banana plant. There is no chemical treatment for this disease. Infected plants must be destroyed. Panama disease has affected crops in Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa. There is concern that it may spread to bananas grown in the Americas. This could threaten an important export product for Central and South America.
The International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain, whose headquarter lies in France, supports research on bananas. The group says that more research must be done to develop improved kinds of bananas.
The group says that fungal diseases mainly affect only one kind of banana. In fact, there are five-hundred different kinds of bananas. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the Cavendish banana represents only ten percent of world production.
The UN agency says farmers should grow different kinds of bananas. This protects against diseases that affect only one kind. Experts warn that disease may cause the Cavendish banana to disappear. This has already happened to one popular banana because of its genetic weakness against disease. (words: 335)
【小题1】What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Bananas are the world’s most important food crops.

B．There are five hundred different kinds of bananas.

C．The risk to a popular banana shows need to grow other kinds.

D．How to grow bananas in different countries.

【小题2】Bananas are threatened by diseases because __________.

A．they have genetic weaknesses against disease.

B．they are one of the most valuable exports.

C．the only way to prevent it is to put chemicals on their leaves.

D．they grow from the seed

【小题3】Panama disease__________.

A．doesn’t belong to fungal disease.

B．has spread to bananas in the world.

C．affects the leaves of banana plants.

D．destroys the bananas more seriously than Black Sigatoka disease.

【小题4】We can infer from Paragraph 6 that ____________.

A．the center of the group is in the US.

B．the key to solving the disease is to research all kinds of bananas.

C．the Cavendish banana covers only a small part of the output of bananas.

D．each fungal disease affects five hundred different kinds of bananas.

【小题5】According to the passage, which information is right?

A．The Cavendish banana can be mainly imported from North America and Europe.

B．Fungal diseases mainly affect the Cavendish banana.

C．The Cavendish banana won’t die out in the future.

D．Panama disease affects the leaves of banana plants.

【小题1】C
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】B

解析试题分析：本文介绍了世界上香蕉产量所面临的危险，有一种Cavendish banana正受到病菌的影响，导致产量的减少。
【小题1】C 主旨大意题。本文讲述了现在世界上的Cavendish banana收到病菌的影响，产量大减，我们需要有另外的品种的香蕉生产出来。故C项正确。
【小题2】A 细节题。根据第二段最后两行Bananas are threatened by disease because all the plants on a farm are copies of each other. They all share the same genetic weaknesses.
说明这些香蕉都有同样的基因上的缺陷。故A正确。
【小题3】D 细节题。根据第三段第三行Black Sigatoka disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants.说明它影响的是香蕉的叶子，故D项正确。
【小题4】C 推断题。根据文章倒数第六段最后一行the Cavendish banana represents only ten percent of world production. 说明这种香蕉只占世界产量的百分之10，那么它只占产量的少部分。故C正确。
【小题5】B 细节题。根据第三段2,3行However, some kinds of fungus (真菌) organisms easily infect the Cavendish. Black Sigatoka disease affects the leaves of Cavendish banana plants.说明这种病菌只影响Cavendish banana。故B正确。
考点：考查新闻报告类短文阅读
点评：本文介绍了世界上香蕉产量所面临的危险，有一种Cavendish banana正受到病菌的影响，导致产量的减少。以细节题的考查为主，要求考生仔细地阅读文章内容结合题目要求和选项内容作出适当的延伸和判断推理。

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